Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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