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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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