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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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