Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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