Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

