Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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