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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

