Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library 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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

