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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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