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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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