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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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