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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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