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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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