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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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