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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
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...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

