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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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