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