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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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