Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

