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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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