Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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