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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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