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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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