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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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