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...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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