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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

