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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

