Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

