Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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