Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

