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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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