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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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