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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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