Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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