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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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