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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

