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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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