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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown