Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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