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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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