As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

