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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston