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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

