Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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