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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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