Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

