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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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