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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

