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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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