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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

