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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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