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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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