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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
