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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

