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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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