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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
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...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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