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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

