Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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