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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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
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