Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City