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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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