The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
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Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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