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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
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...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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