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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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