The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

