Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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