Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

