Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown