Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

