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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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