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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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
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
Old Brewery In Preston