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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

