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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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