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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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