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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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