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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
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...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

