The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

