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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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