Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

