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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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