Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

