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