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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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