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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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