Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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