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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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