Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

