Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 donโt...
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...

