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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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