Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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