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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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