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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
