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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

