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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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