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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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