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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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