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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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