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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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