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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
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
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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