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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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