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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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