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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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