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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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