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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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