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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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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