Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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