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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

