Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

