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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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