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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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