Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston