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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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