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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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