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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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