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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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