Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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