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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

