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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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