The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasnโt until...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

