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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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