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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

