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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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