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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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