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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston