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?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

