The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Twin Cities Area
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

