Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

