Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

