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...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

