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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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