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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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