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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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