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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

