The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
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Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
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Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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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
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