Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

