Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

