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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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