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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

