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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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