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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

