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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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