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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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