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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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