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...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

