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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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