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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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