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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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