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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

