Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

