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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

