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