Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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