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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

