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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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