Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

