The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

