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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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