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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston