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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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