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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston