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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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