Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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