Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

