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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

