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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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