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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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