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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

