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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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