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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

