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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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