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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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