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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

