Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown