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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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