Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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