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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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