Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

