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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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