Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

