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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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