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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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