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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. 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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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