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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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