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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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