Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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