The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

