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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
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...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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
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