Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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