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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown