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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

