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