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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

