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