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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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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