Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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