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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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