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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

