Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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