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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

