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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

