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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
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...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

