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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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