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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown