This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

