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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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