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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

