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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

