Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

