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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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