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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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
