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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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