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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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