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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

