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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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