Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston