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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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