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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston