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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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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