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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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
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
Old Brewery In Preston