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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston