Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

