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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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