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