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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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