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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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