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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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