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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston