The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

