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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company 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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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