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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

