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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

