Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

