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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

