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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

