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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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