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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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