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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

