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 Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

