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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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