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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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