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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

