Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

