Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

