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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

