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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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