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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

