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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

