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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

