The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill โ does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

