Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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 Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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