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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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