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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

