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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown