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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

