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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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