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