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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House 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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

