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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown