The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

