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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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