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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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