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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

