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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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