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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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