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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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