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