Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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