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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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