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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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