Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

