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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

