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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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