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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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