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
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected ๐ The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluthโs Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

