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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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