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