Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

