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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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