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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

