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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

