Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

