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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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