Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

