This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

