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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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