Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

