Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

