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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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