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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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