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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

