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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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