Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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