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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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