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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
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
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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