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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
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...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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