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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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