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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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