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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

