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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
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...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

