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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

