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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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