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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

