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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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