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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

