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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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