Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

