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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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