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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

