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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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