As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

