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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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