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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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