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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 don’t...

