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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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