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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

