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 and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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