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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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