Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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