Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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