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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

