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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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...
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