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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (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...
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul