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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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