Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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