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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

