This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Twin Cities Area
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

