Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

