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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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