Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

