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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

