Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

