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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

