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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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