Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

