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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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