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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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