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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

