Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

