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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor 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