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