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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown