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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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