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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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