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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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