Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

