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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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