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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

