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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

