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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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