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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown