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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

