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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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