Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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