Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

