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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

