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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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