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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown