This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

