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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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