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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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