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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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