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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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