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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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