Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

