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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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