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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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