Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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