Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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