Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School 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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

