Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

