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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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