Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

