As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
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 Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

