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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston