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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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