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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

