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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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