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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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