Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

