Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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