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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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