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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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