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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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