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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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