The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

