Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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