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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

