Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown