Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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