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