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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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 Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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