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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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