Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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