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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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
Old Brewery In Preston