This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

