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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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