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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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