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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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