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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown