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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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