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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

