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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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