Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

