Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

