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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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