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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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