The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 donโt...

