Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

