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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 John Beargrease?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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