The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City