The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
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Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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