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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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