Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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