As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

