The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

