Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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