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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
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...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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