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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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