Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

