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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

