Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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