Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

