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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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