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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

