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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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