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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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