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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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