This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

