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