Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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