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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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