Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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