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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

