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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

