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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
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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