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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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