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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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