Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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