Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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