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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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