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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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