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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

