Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

