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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

