Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

