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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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