Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

