Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

