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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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