Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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