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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown