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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

