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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

