The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

