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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

