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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

