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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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