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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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