As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

