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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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