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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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