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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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