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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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