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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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