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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

