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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
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...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
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
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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