Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston