As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

