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