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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

