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...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

