Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 donโt...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

