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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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