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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

