Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

