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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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