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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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