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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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