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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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