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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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