Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

