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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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