The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

