The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Twin Cities Area
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

