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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

