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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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