Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown