Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City