Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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