Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

