Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

