Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

