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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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