Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

