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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

