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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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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