Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

