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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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