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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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