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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul