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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

