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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

