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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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