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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown