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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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