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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown