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

