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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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