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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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