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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

