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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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