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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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